Milan Gajić
Gajić with CSKA Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996
Place of birth Vukovar, Croatia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back/Left-back
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 22
Youth career
Dinamo Pančevo
OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 OFK Beograd 46 (4)
2015–2019 Bordeaux 28 (1)
2019–2022 Red Star Belgrade 92 (5)
2022– CSKA Moscow 45 (3)
International career‡
2012–2013 Serbia U17[2] 6 (0)
2014–2015 Serbia U19[2] 11 (0)
2014–2015 Serbia U20 9 (0)
2015–2019 Serbia U21 27 (2)
2021 Serbia 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Serbia
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Gold medal – first place2015 New ZealandU-20 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:50, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Milan Gajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Гајић; born 28 January 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or left-back for Russian club CSKA Moscow.

Club career

Early career

Born in the eastern Slavonian city of Vukovar, Croatia, Gajić spent his childhood in the northern Serbian city of Pančevo. He began practicing football at the age of six with Dinamo Pančevo.[3] He was subsequently recruited by OFK Beograd, making his senior debut in the 2013–14 campaign. Afterwards, Gajić was a first team regular for two seasons, collecting 46 league appearances and scoring four goals.

Bordeaux

On 22 July 2015, Gajić signed a five-year contract with French club Bordeaux.[4] His transfer from OFK Beograd reportedly cost Bordeaux €800,000.[5] Initially, Gajić saw little playing time[5] as he was the team's second choice to starting right back Youssouf Sabaly.[3]

Red Star Belgrade

On 4 February 2019, Gajić signed a 3.5-year contract with Red Star Belgrade.[6] Although Red Star qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, coach Vladan Milojević and Red Star's management opted not to register Gajić in their 23-man Champions League squad, ultimately choosing Marko Gobeljić as the starting right-back.[7]

CSKA Moscow

On 17 June 2022, Gajić signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow.[8] On 8 October 2023, he scored twice in a Main Moscow derby game against FC Spartak Moscow which ended in a 2–2 draw.[9]

International career

Gajić represented Serbia at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, as the team was eliminated in the semi-final by Portugal. He was also a member of the team that won the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[10]

He made his debut for Serbia national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Ireland.[11][12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 December 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OFK Beograd 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga 2225100—273
2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga 2421000—252
Total 464610000525
Bordeaux 2015–16 Ligue 1 91003000121
2016–17 Ligue 1 140400030210
2017–18 Ligue 1 4000100050
2018–19 Ligue 1 1000100020
Total 281405030401
Red Star Belgrade 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 1111000—121
2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 1511000—161
2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 35230111—493
2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga 3114080—431
Total 92590191001206
CSKA Moscow 2022–23 Russian Premier League 290131——421
2023–24 Russian Premier League 16372—1[lower-alpha 1]0245
Total 453203—10666
Career total 211133942414027818
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

As of 24 March 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 202110
Total10

Honours

Club

Red Star Belgrade
CSKA Moscow

International

Serbia

References

  1. ↑ "Milan Gajić" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 Only official UEFA matches included
  3. 1 2 "Mozzart Sport: INTERVJU - Milan Gajić: Bek je nacrtan da pravi razliku" (in Serbian). June 19, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Transfert - Milan Gajić est bordelais !" (in French). girondins.com. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Butasport.rs: Milan Gajić za BUTASPORT.RS: Prija interesovanje najvećeg srpskog kluba" (in Serbian). November 16, 2016. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Гајић потписао за Звезду". Red Star Belgrade. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Nebojša Todorović (4 September 2019). "SPISAK IZNENAĐENJA ILI NE? Zvezda prijavila igrače za Ligu šampiona". Meridian Sport (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Милан Гайич – с нами!" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Spartak v CSKA game report". Russian Premier League. 8 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Ecstasy in Auckland as Serbia make history". fifa.com. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Serbia v Ireland game report". UEFA. 24 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  13. ↑ Milan Gajić at Soccerway
  14. ↑ "Суперфинал LIVE. ЦСКА победил «Краснодар» в серии послематчевых пенальти" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 June 2023.
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